Abstract
The undaunted initiative, the patient endurance, the great intelligence, and the exalted genius of the pioneers and founders of the state, have resulted in a high order of Kansas society. Prom the very first, even with migrating Indian tribes when it was still a part of the "Indian Country", men of education, high moral worth and refined taste, came to Kansas. Prom a historical viewpoint it would seem that this land always had a fascination for men of genius, talent and learning. Kansas has always drawn her children with an attachment which amounts to devotion, and why? First of all because the history of Kansas is a real inspiration. No other state of the union was born in blood as was Kansas, in her struggle for liberty and freedom, and so fierce were the fires kindled here in these causes that they purified the nation. It is only necessary for us to be well informed upon the history of our state to make us love her, to make us devoted to her, to make us patriotic.